MODEL GRIDDED SOUNDING PLOTTING (Ver 5.52-LINUX-X11) Current filename: /home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F060.nam218 Reading from grid file:/home/data/models/nam_218/2508270600F060.nam218 Searching file for grids... Date: 60 hour NAM valid 18Z FRI 29 AUG 25 Station: 41.70,-70.31 Latitude: 41.70 Longitude: -70.31 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- LEV PRES HGHT TEMP DEWP RH DD WETB DIR SPD THETA THE-V THE-W THE-E W mb m C C % C C deg knt K K K K g/kg ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SFC 1015 5 22.7 16.8 69 5.9 18.8 178 15 294.6 296.8 291.4 328.9 11.97 1 1000 134 20.8 15.7 73 5.1 17.5 181 22 293.9 295.9 290.6 326.2 11.29 2 950 576 16.5 13.9 85 2.6 14.8 189 28 293.9 295.8 290.0 324.1 10.55 3 900 1034 12.4 11.8 97 0.5 12.0 196 28 294.2 296.0 289.4 322.2 9.73 4 850 1511 8.8 6.8 88 1.9 7.7 208 26 295.3 296.6 287.6 316.6 7.33 5 800 2010 5.7 2.0 77 3.7 3.8 217 24 297.2 298.2 286.5 313.5 5.53 6 750 2535 3.0 -0.6 77 3.6 1.3 223 23 299.8 300.7 286.9 314.5 4.88 7 700 3092 0.2 -2.7 81 2.9 -1.2 219 22 302.7 303.5 287.5 316.3 4.48 8 650 3682 -3.5 -5.8 84 2.3 -4.5 220 27 305.0 305.7 287.7 316.8 3.81 9 600 4311 -6.9 -9.7 80 2.9 -8.0 223 32 308.2 308.8 288.0 317.8 3.05 10 550 4985 -10.6 -13.5 79 2.9 -11.6 229 34 311.5 311.9 288.5 319.4 2.45 11 500 5711 -15.5 -17.9 82 2.4 -16.2 229 34 314.1 314.5 288.8 320.3 1.88 12 450 6497 -21.1 -26.9 60 5.8 -22.3 228 32 316.7 316.9 288.8 320.0 0.94 13 400 7355 -27.6 -43.7 20 16.0 -29.3 224 34 319.1 319.1 288.7 319.8 0.20 14 350 8299 -35.1 -48.6 24 13.5 -36.1 222 35 321.4 321.4 289.3 321.9 0.13 15 300 9353 -44.1 -52.7 38 8.6 -44.5 217 40 323.2 323.2 289.8 323.5 0.10 16 250 10552 -51.8 -59.5 39 7.7 -52.0 214 49 329.1 329.1 291.5 329.3 0.05 17 200 11990 -52.7 -72.3 8 19.7 -53.0 222 50 349.4 349.4 296.5 349.4 0.01 18 150 13844 -53.7 -82.5 2 28.8 -54.2 225 40 377.5 377.5 301.8 377.5 0.00 19 100 16439 -54.5 -83.1 2 28.6 -55.1 232 27 422.3 422.3 308.0 422.3 0.00 TRP 0 WND 0 Sounding variables and indices 1000-500 mb thick: 5576.81 m Freezing level: 697.65 mb = 3119.28 m = 10233.75 ft Wetbulb zero: 723.98 mb = 2819.97 m = 9251.76 ft Precipitable water: 1.28 inches Sfc-500 mean rel hum: 81.92 % Est. max temperature: 23.12 C = 73.61 F Sfc-Lift cond lev (LCL): 931.06 mb = 746.86 m = 2450.31 ft T: 14.94 C 700-500 lapse rate: 5.98 C/km ThetaE index: 15.42 C Layer 1000.0- 750.0 mb Conv cond level (CCL): 915.53 mb = 889.25 m = 2917.45 ft Mean mixing ratio: 10.79 g/kg Conv temperature: 22.25 C = 72.06 F Cap Strength: 0.12 C Lifted Index: -1.72 C Risk: Thunderstorms probable Lifted Index @300 mb: -0.50 C Lifted Index @700 mb: -2.25 C Showalter Index: 2.82 C Risk: Showers probable Total Totals Index: 46.60 C Risk: Scattered moderate thunderstorms Vertical Totals Index: 24.26 C Cross Totals Index: 22.34 C K Index: 28.24 Risk: 40-60 % chance of thunderstorms Sweat Index: 236.31 Risk: None Energy Index: 0.71 Risk: None Parcel Indices Parcel: using 100 mb layer CAPE (B+): 539.30 J/kg Max Up Vert Vel: 32.84 m/s Conv Inhibition (B-): 1.24 J/kg Cap Strength: 0.61 C Lift Cond Lev (LCL): 917.61 mb = 869.99 m = 2854.25 ft Lev Free Conv (LFC): 912.61 mb = 916.22 m = 3005.94 ft Equ Level (EL): 282.61 mb = 9745.33 m = 31972.48 ft B at Equ Level: 532.31 J/kg Max Parcel Lev (MPL): 202.61 mb = 11906.24 m = 39061.99 ft Wind Parameters Mean winds (0-6000m): 216.6 at 27.8 knts Storm direction: 246.6 at 20.9 knts Shear (0-3000m) pos: 2.8 neg: 0.2 tot: 3.0 10-3/s Storm rel Dir Shear (0-3000m): 42.4 deg Storm rel helicity (0-3000m) pos: 105.2 neg: -2.5 tot: 102.8 m^2/s^2 ave: 34.3 10^-3 m/s^2 rel: 0.54 Storm rel vorticity (0-3000m) horiz: 5.4 stream: 2.9 10^-3/s Energy-Hel index: 0.35 Bulk Rich Number: 17.86 Bulk Shear: 30.20 m/s